UK: Total Control Racing Oulton Park summary

ROBINSON JOINS MACDOWALL ON OULTON PARK PODIUM
Second year ELF Renault Clio Cup racer Mike Robinson secured his first
podium finish of the 2009 season at Oulton Park Island Circuit yesterday,
Sunday, 31st May, with an impressive third place...

ROBINSON JOINS MACDOWALL ON OULTON PARK PODIUM

Second year ELF Renault Clio Cup racer Mike Robinson secured his first
podium finish of the 2009 season at Oulton Park Island Circuit yesterday,
Sunday, 31st May, with an impressive third place behind Total Control
Racing team-mate Alex MacDowall.

Converting a career-best top three qualifying performance into a well
deserved rostrum, 26-year-old Robinson ran unchallenged in third during
round eight as he lapped just a couple of 10ths of a second outside the
times of TCR pace-setter MacDowall in second position.

Backing up his first ever Clio Cup race victory, which came during round
seven on Saturday, 30th May, with his sixth podium of the year yesterday,
emerging talent MacDowall consolidated the runner-up spot in the
championship standings and is now just 34 points shy of series leader
Philip Glew.

Robinson's terrific round eight drive has maintained his placing in
the top six of the points table while TCR newcomer Daniel Lloyd has edged
ahead of fellow rookie Sam Tordoff in the championship chase after
equalling his best result of the year with a fine seventh place. Joining
TCR in the build-up to the weekend, Lloyd's addition to the team has
strengthened the Wednesbury squad yet further.

Tordoff was unfortunately involved in contact with two other cars as they
exited Island Bend on lap eight and the result saw him forced into the
tyre barriers on the run to Hill Top. On course for a potential top eight
result, the accident marked Tordoff's first non-finish of the season.

Commenting on the race, TCR team boss Lee Brookes said: "We had a
very good day on Sunday with the Clios. Obviously we're very
disappointed for Sam going out of the race like that but over the course
of the weekend, all four drivers have done a superb job. To see Alex and
Mike on the podium is fantastic for TCR and Daniel did a superb job,
we're delighted to have him in the team."

Points leader Breeze suffers huge impact in G50 Cup
Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup championship leader Carl Breeze was lucky to
escape a massive accident on the second lap of Sunday's scheduled
11th round of the season, a spin and resulting collision with an
unsighted Mark Proctor bringing an immediate end to the race.

In the view of the seriousness of the impact and the fact both Breeze and
Proctor had to be taken to the circuit medical centre with injuries,
officials took the correct decision to postpone the race and it will now
be held later in the season on a yet-to-be-determined date.

Before Breeze had his unfortunate accident, TCR team-mate Joachim Ritter
also had a heavy impact when a spin at Cascades on lap one caused him to
crash into the barriers on the outside of the track.

As the race headed into lap two Breeze was in second place but Frank
Wrathall went up the inside into Old Hall and it resulted in the TCR man
running wide on the grass on the exit. Spinning his car into the path of
the oncoming traffic, several drivers -- including team-mate Fulvio
Mussi -- just managed to avoid making contact but Proctor was
unsighted and simply couldn't avoid an impact.

"I'm absolutely gutted for our drivers who were involved in
incidents, especially Carl of course and our very best wishes go to him
and his family", said Brookes, "Like Sam in the Clios, Carl
didn't deserve what happened and we sincerely hope he recovers as
quickly as possible.

"Joachim had a big accident at Cascades and, again, he didn't
deserve that but it was one of those things. Fulvio was fairly close
behind Carl when he had the spin and luckily just managed to avoid
hitting his car. Unfortunately (Mark) Proctor had no time to react as he
was unsighted, it was definitely the right decision to postpone the
race."

Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire is next on the race calendar for TCR a
fortnight from now, 13th/14th June, with rounds nine and 10 of the ELF
Renault Clio Cup and the scheduled 12th,13th and 14th rounds of the
Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup.